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Oxford Summer Holidays 1919 :
Shute sails in Mr Hepheard's yacht Aeolia. A Yawl of 28 Tons (Thames) kept in the Hamble River off Lukes Yard. Luke's Yard and Hamble Hamble features throughout his novels and is undoubtedly one of his spiritual homes. |
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Hamble Quay in 1905 ( THHS ) |
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In 1919 Shute meets Aircraft designer Geoffrey de Havilland (1882-1965) who is pictured here
in 1910 aged 28. ( DHB / AB ) |
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| September 1919 : Shute becomes engaged to an unidentified fellow student "of an intelligent family" who is at Lady Margaret Hall. The engagement lasts two and a half years but as they have no money they can't afford to marry. The engagement was a very happy time for Shute. |
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Later Shute uses the roof of The Radcliffe Camera at Oxford as a romantic rendezvous in his first attempt at a novel, Stephen Morris. ( DH ) |
| Oxford Winter Holidays 1919 : Shute is introduced to Airco by aero engineer C.C. Walker. Shute works unpaid at Airco in the design office and doing wind tunnel research. |
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1920
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| Oxford Summer Holidays 1920 : Shute again sails with Mr Hepheard in the 11 ton Rothion and also works at Airco at Hendon. |
| Christmas 1920 : Shute Holidays with his parents on the Italian Riviera. |
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